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c#asp.netlocalization
khaled
khaled

Reputation: 122

manipulating .aspx file programmatically

I was recently assigned a task of changing our asp.net web site localization to use custom resource provider (using sql database) instead of the default asrx resource files. Right now I'm chalenged with replacing hundreds of meta:resourcekey="resource-key" with '<%$ Resources:[filename,]resource-key %>' in our web site too many web pages. I want to do it programmatically.

first of all I'm not able to open .aspx files using XmlDocument, then I wonder how can I read meta:resource entries inside the aspx file as meta:resource is not any regular node attribute. any thoughts or example code how to solve this. Thx.

Note: in the inserted '<%$ Resources:[filename,]resource-key %>' filename name sould be based on the aspx file name & resource-key on the control type and the resource value.

exemple: in UserPage.aspx page <asp:Label id="uid" meta:resource="userName"> should be replaced with <asp:Label id="uid" Text='<%$ Resources:UserPage,LBL_userName_text %>'.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 756

Answers (2)

Nathan Taylor
Nathan Taylor

Reputation: 24606

This isn't a programming answer, but a utility like PowerGREP may be a viable solution.

Upvotes: 2

Hans Kesting
Hans Kesting

Reputation: 39339

Html is not valid xml, so no wonder an XmlDocument didn't work. Especially with that <%$ .. %> syntax.

Why not read it as plain text and search for the string "meta:resourcekey"?

Upvotes: 2

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